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River Cow Orchestra is an experimental jazz music ensemble founded in Kansas City, Missouri. (1) They are devoted to spontaneous, collective music improvisation. The members of the group call their music “zen jazz” because they say it celebrates music of the moment. (2)

River Cow Orchestra was formed in 2008 by co-leaders Greg Field-percussion/poetry (3) and Brent Bowman-keyboard/alto sax/flute. (4) The original group was an instrumental music quartet which included E. E. Pointer-trumpet/spoken word (5) and Allan McGinty-bass. (6) Over the years the group has expanded to include other musical artists: John Lomas-synth guitar, (7) Charles Goff III-multi-instrumentalist, (8) Michael LaGrega violin/percussion/synth, (9) Don McCarter-guitar (10) and Connor Bowman-alto sax/flute. (11)

The musical endeavors of River Cow Orchestra include mixing avant-garde jazz with dance improvisation and poetry. (12) The ensemble has produced eight recordings (13) which have been criticized by some jazz purists (14,15) and celebrated by others in the jazz listening community. (17, 18, 19) The group is known for pushing the boundaries of jazz and being sound innovators. (16)

Members

3-Greg Field http://fieldinfoserv.com 4-Brent Bowman http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=33621 5-E. E. Pointer http://www.eepointer.com 6-Allan McGinty http://www.projectcontrolservicesinc.com 7-John Lomas http://www.myspace.com/johnlomas 8-Charles Goff III http://tapedrugs.com 9-Michael LaGrega http://tapedrugs.com 10-Don McCarter http://www.facebook.com/people/Don-McCarter/1004475623 11-Connor Bowman http://www.youtube.com/user/BowmanArchive/featured

References

1-River Cow Orchestra http://www.myspace.com/rivercoworchestra 2-River Cow Orchestra http://www.reverbnation.com/rivercoworchestra 12-River Cow Orchestra http://www.youtube.com/RiverCowOrchestra 13-River Cow Orchestra http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RiverCowOrchestra 14-Plastic Sax, An Irreverent and Opinionated Guide to Jazz in Kansas City by Bill Brownlee (August 31, 2011) http://plasticsax.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html 15-KC Jazz Lark, Thoughts, opinions, remembrances, appreciations, photos and essays on Kansas City and jazz by Larry Kopitnik (October, 31, 2011) http://kcjazzlark.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html 16-Zen and the Art of Improvisation by Nihan Yesil KCMetropolis.org (July 27, 2011) http://www.kcmetropolis.org/issue/late-july-2011/article/zen-in-the-art-of-improvisation 17-For The Record by Roger Atkinson Jazz Ambassadors Magazine (October/November 2011) p.15 http://www.kcjazzambassadors.com/issues/10_2011/Oct2011complete.pdf 18-Kansas City Cassi – The Kansas City Music Scene http://www.kansascitycassi.com/River-cow-orchestra.html http://www.kansascitycassi.com/rivercoworchestra.html 19-For The Record by Roger Atkinson Jazz Ambassadors Magazine (April/May 2012) pp. 14-15 http://www.kcjazzambassadors.com/

External links

http://rivercoworchestra.fieldinfoserv.com http://www.allaboutjazz.com/rivercoworchestra http://www.myspace.com/rivercoworchestra http://www.reverbnation.com/rivercoworchestra http://www.youtube.com/RiverCowOrchestra http://www.thejazznetworkworldwide.com/profile/rivercoworchestra